Milan vs Arsenal betting

AC Milan: League Position: 1st, Form: WLDLW

Serie A leaders AC Milan come into this game with Arsenal on an indifferent run of form, and only last Tuesday lost the Coppa Italia final to Serie A second place side Juventus, and are only top by two points to Juve, who also have two games in hand.

A team full of stellar names like Pato, Ibrahimovic, Seedorf, Nesta, Robinho and more will clearly be full of threat. Top scorers of the Italian league Milan will come with nomadic Swede Zlatan Ibrahimovic leading their line. His undoubted talent has yet to show its full potential against an English side, although he has scored against Arsenal before, for Spanish giants Barcelona.

They were less than impressive in finishing second to European Champions Barcelona in the group stages, being held to draws by both BATE Borisov and Viktoria Plzen, and securing only two wins.

Their home form in Italy is good, but not overly impressive, fourth in a table consisting of home games, with seven wins, three draws and a defeat.

Arsenal: League Position: 4th, Form: LWDWW

Only two English teams have made it through to the knockout stages of the Champions League, and few would have predicted at the start of the season that Arsenal would be one of them. Yet they showed the professionalism and guile to negotiate tricky away ties and secure enough points to top Group F ahead of Marseille, Olympiakos and Borussia Dortmund.

As ever with Arsenal consistency has been their struggle. Defeats to both Swansea and Manchester United were followed by a great comeback FA Cup win against Aston Villa, rescuing a 0-2 scoreline at half time to win 3-2. Yet again they faltered, drawing 0-0 with relegation strugglers Bolton. Surprise, surprise they followed that by putting seven goals past Blackburn. The rollercoaster at The Emirates continues its ups and downs.

Europe has been a solace. Securing qualification with a fantastic away victory at Udinese, they also secured a victory in Marseille and a point in Dortmund in the group stages.

Match Prediction: DRAW – 3.4 Bet Fred

AC Milan may be top of Serie A, but Italian football has not got the depth of the Premiership, and Arsenal have shown themselves resolute in coming back to the top four places after a horrific league start. The performances away in Europe should fill themselves and their fans with confidence too. Udinese, Dortmund and Marseille, all difficult away trips that Arsenal took to well, achieving what they desired. And two big victories in recent Champions League history at the San Siro will be them extra confidence.

AC Milan have improved in the past few years, improved as Arsenal have lost their high class edge. Whilst before Arsenal went to Milan as title challengers at home, now they fight for the top four places. This time around they may be equal as teams, and big European ties at the San Siro will test any side. Arsenal’s Champions League away form gives them a great platform to deal with such a test, and they can come away from this with a draw, and an away goal that could prove vital.

Highlighted Bets:-

Over/Under: Under 2.5 Goals – 1.8 Blue Sq

First Goalscorer: Robin Van Persie – 7.5 William Hill

Correct Score: 1-1 Draw – 7.00 William Hill

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